ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17677692024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sauk Village, Illinois

Mean one-way trip35.2 min±7.4 min MOE
Worked from home8.1%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone77.3%±7.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.8%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute32.5 min → 35.2 min▲ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.6% → 8.1%▲ 1.5 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit1.6% → 5.3%▲ 3.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.2% → 77.3%▼ 1.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.3% ±7.0 pp
Carpool2.8% ±2.0 pp
Public transit5.3% ±3.5 pp
Walk4.5% ±4.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home8.1% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 3,945 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

93thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,678± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+3,945± 421 MOE
Workers with travel time3,627± 451 MOE
Estimated home workers318± 148 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.